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Huntersville, North Carolina - 1 schools
An equity score of 5/100 ranks Bonnie Cone Classical Academy #292 of 293 districts in North Carolina (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,511 per pupil, Bonnie Cone Classical Academy ranks #295 of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (North Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Bonnie Cone Classical Academy operates 1 public schools serving 879 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Mecklenburg County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,511 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 33 of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending. See how North Carolina compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.8% local, 59.7% state, and 7.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 5/100, ranked #292 of 293 in North Carolina against a state average of 45, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 21.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.0% African American, 14.2% Hispanic or Latino, 10.1% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bonnie Cone Classical Academy, enrolling 642 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Bonnie Cone Classical Academy accounts for 73.0% of all Bonnie Cone Classical Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bonnie Cone Classical Academy a distant remainder — means Bonnie Cone Classical Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Bonnie Cone Classical Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 21.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Bonnie Cone Classical Academy is typically wider than the Bonnie Cone Classical Academy-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Bonnie Cone Classical Academy's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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